Thing is... even in my high HP/DT enmity spell casting set, I've got capped BDT. 44% DT + 7% BDT. If the base dmg on this were 4k, that shoulda hit me less than 2k. But the actual damage I took is closer to 4k - phalanx(-51 dmg.) EDIT:I miscalculated my phalanx earlier. It's -56 on PLD. which makes this exactly 4k-56=3944.
Based on my logs it seems very likely that I was hit in said casting set. Blank gaze finished in the same second that Mijin killed me.
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[21:15:17]Martel starts casting Blank Gaze on Volte Shinobi. [21:15:18]Mystogan hits Volte Shinobi for 1200 points of damage. [21:15:19]Mystogan hits Volte Shinobi for 1202 points of damage. [21:15:19]Mystogan hits Volte Shinobi for 1161 points of damage. [21:15:19]Shred hits Volte Shinobi for 461 points of damage. [21:15:19]Shred hits Volte Shinobi for 394 points of damage. [21:15:19]Martel's Blank Gaze has no effect on Volte Shinobi. [21:15:19]Eotfofyl hits Volte Shinobi for 375 points of damage. [21:15:19]Eotfofyl hits Volte Shinobi for 481 points of damage. [21:15:19]Eotfofyl hits Volte Shinobi for 478 points of damage. [21:15:19]Eotfofyl hits Volte Shinobi for 475 points of damage. [21:15:19]Volte Shinobi uses Mijin Gakure.Martel takes 3944 points of damage. [21:15:19]Martel was defeated by Volte Shinobi.
So, either this hits more like 8k base and I'm reducing it to ~4k, or BDT and even DT doesn't work on it at all. If anyone has any other Mijin anecdotes that might clarify I'd be interested in hearing about them.
Anyway, in regards to using geomancy to help with Mijin. I think it's questionable in the first place if MAB/MDB even affect this particular flavor of Mijin. Breath attacks typically aren't affected by MAB as well. Well, assuming it's even breath...
But we know for certain that it can be resisted, so meva does help. And while vex may be nerfed in Divergence, Attunement should still be full strength.
The issue then is.. Does PLD with its crappy meva have a fair chance to resist with Attunement up?
While I'm interested in finding ways for PLD to deal with this, my solution is probably going to be to go RUN as soon as I have all my PLD clears. <,<;